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Event

SFJAZZ Gala Honors Herbie Hancock, Raises Over $1.4 Million

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
May 24, 2014

The 2014 SFJAZZ Center Gala on May 16, 2014 in San Francisco awarded Herbie Hancock the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award. With more than 600 guests, the Gala raised over $1.4 million for SFJAZZ artistic and education programs. Festivities included performances by Hancock with the star-studded SFJAZZ Collective, the award-winning SFJAZZ High School All-Stars with Paula West and alumna Elena Pinderhughes, the Dessert Jam with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Booker T. Jones, and an After Jam Concert with Charles ...

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Recording

Salsa Legend Rubén Blades Performs "Tangos"!

Source: Sunnyside Records
May 24, 2014

Salsa legend Rubén Blades performs his classic compositions as tangos on the upcoming Sunnyside release, Tangos (June 24)! The best songs are those that provide messages that reach beyond the genre into which they are born. There are lyrics that can move people deeply, even when the composer and listener are separated by oceans. The tremendous poet, composer and actor Rubén Blades is the sort who can plumb the depths of human emotion. Over his industrious and varied career, Blades ...

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Recording

Previously Unreleased Music From Afro-Cuban Legend Aldo Del Rio!

Source: Sunnyside Records
May 24, 2014

Previously Unreleased Music from Afro-Cuban Legend Aldo del Rio to be released on Sunnyside Records on June 10, 2014! The best method in which to experience a culture is to go directly to the source. There is no better place to spend time absorbing the nuances of art and song than where they evolved. There might not be any location more important to the development of modern music than the island nation of Cuba with its unique amalgamation of races ...

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Contest

Enter the "Kerry Politzer - Below the Surface" Giveaway!

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the PJCE Records “Kerry Politzer - Below the Surface“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on June 23rd. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Kerry Politzer at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at PJCE Records About Below the Surface Pianist and composer Kerry Politzer presents her sixth album as a leader, Below the Surface. Featuring ...

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Recording

Hakan Brostrom With The Norrbotten Big Band Featuring Marilyn Mazur-"Episodes From The Future And The Past"

Source: Art of Life Records
May 24, 2014

Art Of Life CD & Digital Download Release Following up on his 2010 quartet release Refraction, featuring pianist Joey Calderazzo, Art of Life Records is pleased to present, Episodes from the Future and the Past, a new live recording by saxophonist, composer and arranger Håkan Broström. The 72-minute album was recorded live by Swedish Radio on October 19th, 2012 at Folkets Hus, Haparanda, Sweden and October 20th, 2012 at Kulturens Hus, Luleå, Sweden and features the 16-piece Norrbotten Big Band ...

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Advocacy

Pathways To Jazz Awarding Recording Grants To Jazz Musicians in Colorado

Source: Michael Ricci
May 23, 2014

Boulder, CO: Newly formed Pathways To Jazz is awarding grants to jazz musicians to support costs associated with producing recorded works. Pathways to Jazz knows the value that recorded work plays in furthering artistry and wants to support artists who are unable to make provisions for themselves to take this essential step. The program’s objectives are to document and provide wider exposure for jazz music and the music of contemporary American jazz composers and to develop audiences for jazz music ...

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Website

All About Jazz Relaunches Image Gallery

Source: All About Jazz
May 22, 2014

The All About Jazz gallery, home to nearly 120,000 jazz images, has been redesigned for improved navigation and ease of use. “In addition to a much improved appearance, the goal of the upgrade was to raise the awareness of professional photographers, painters, graphic artists and illustrators, build a greater awareness of the gallery on more AAJ pages and on our Facebook and Twitter pages, and improve gallery admin," says All About Jazz founder, Michael Ricci. New features include: Featured visual ...

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Performance / Tour

Stacey Kent at Birdland, Ottawa Jazz Fest, Montreal Jazz Festival With New Brazilian-Inspired CD "The Changing Lights"

Source: Claudia Artzer
May 22, 2014

Grammy-Nominated Stacey Kent Tours US and Canada with New CD The Changing Lights on Warner Bros Records Featuring Longtime Partner Jim Tomlinson, Famed Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro and Brazilian Legend Roberto Menescal Birdland, June 10-14, New York City Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 25, Canada Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, June 27, Canada Montreal Jazz Festival, June 28, Canada In her 15-year recording career, Stacey Kent has sold over 1.3 million records. Her storytelling, voice and style ...

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